Weird

Minnie and Max don't have the metal bracelet around their leg. Weird right, any answers?

Not weird at all. I have five birds and none of them have a leg band. Many breeders simply don't bother with them, especially hobby breeders.

My bird doesn't have one either. It's used to distinguish one bird from another, and to link the bird to it's owner if it is lost. In some states in the US, with some parrots such as the Quaker Parrot, it is illegal for the bird to not have a leg band. Although
you need not worry about a cockatiel.

Ok, thanks.

mine don't have them either. a lot of pet stores don't bother with them so I would not worry about.

Those are good for either insurance or cites registration, not all birds nor countries/ states follows cites. I am for my bird living in Europe forced by law to have a bracelet on my bird. And to have it registerd. The law is to prevent illegal trade.

Cites birds are:

CITIES LIST
A list of CITES Annex “A” psittacines.
All these birds need the proper DEFRA paperwork

Cockatoos

Cacatua goffini ….. goffins cockatoo
Cacatua haematuropygia …..philippine/red vented cockatoo
Cacatua moluccensis …… mullocan/salmon crested cockatoo
Cacatua sulphurea ……lesser sulphur crested/ yellow crested cockatoo
Cacatua sulphurea abbotti…… abbots lesser sulphur crested cockatoo
Cacatua sulphurea parvula …. timor cockatoo
Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata ….. citron crested cockatoo
Probosciger aterrimus ……palm cockatoo

Loriidae Lories, lorikeets

Eos histrio ……red and blue lorikeet
Vini ultramarina ….. blue/ultra marine lorikeet

Psittacidae Amazons, macaws, parakeets, parrots

Amazona arausiaca ….red necked amazon
Amazona barbadensis …..yellow shouldered amazon
Amazona brasiliensis …….red tailed amazon
Amazona finschi ……lilac crowned amazon
Amazona guildingii ……st vincents amazon
Amazona imperialis …… imperial amazon
Amazona leucocephala ……. cuban amazon
Amazona ochrocephala ….. sub species double yellow headed amazon auropalliata …….
Amazona ochrocephala belizensis …….sub species double yellow headed amazon
Amazona ochrocephala caribaea ……sub species double yellow headed amazon
Amazona ochrocephala oratrix ……..double yellow headed amazon
Amazona ochrocephala parvipes ……..sub species double yellow headed amazon
Amazona ochrocephala tresmariae …….sub species double yellow headed amazon �
Amazona pretrei ….. red specticled amazon
Amazona rhodocorytha …….red browed amazon
Amazona tucumana …… tucuman prrot
Amazona versicolor …… st lucia amazon
Amazona vinacea …….vinaceous amazon
Amazona viridigenalis ……green cheeked amazon
Amazona vittata ……..puerto rican amazon
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus…….. hyacinth macaw
Anodorhynchus leari…… lears macaw
Anodorhynchus glaucus…… glaucous macaw
Ara ambigua ……. great green macaw
Ara glaucogularis (Often traded under the incorrect designation Ara caninde) blue-throated macaw
Ara macao ….. scarlet macaw
Ara maracana……illegers macaw
Ara militaris ….. military macaw
Ara rubrogenys ……red fronted macaw
Cyanopsitta spixii ….. spixs macaw
Aratigea guarouba … golden conure
Cyanoramphus forbesi ….. chatham island/forbes yellow fronted parakeet
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae ….. norfolk island parakeet
Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni ……coxens double eyed fig parrot
Eunymphicus cornutus ……horned parakeet
Geopsittacus occidentalis (possibly extinct)…..night parrot
Neophema chrysogaster ……orange bellied parakeet
Ognorhynchus icterotis ……yellow eared conure
Pezoporus wallicus ……. ground parrot
Pionopsitta pileata ….pileated/ red capped parrot
Propyrrhura couloni …….blue headed macaw
Propyrrhura maracana…….blue winged macaw
Psephotus chrysopterygius …… golden shouldered parrot
Psephotus dissimilis …….hooded parrot
Psephotus pulcherrimus (possibly extinct) ……paradise parakeet
Psittacula echo … mauritius (echo ) parakeet
Psittacula krameri (Ghana) …….ring necked parakeet
Pyrrhura cruentata ….. blue throated parakeet
Rhynchopsitta terrisi….. maroon fronted parakeet
Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha….. thick billed parrot
Strigops habroptilus …. kakapo

Sorry for long post, have a potato

Yup, not weird at all. Especially with cockatiels

Kenji doesn't have a leg band. Rosie had open bands when adopted her, but I had the vet remove them. Apart from identification leg bands tend to do more bad than good.

Copperarabian said:

Yup, not weird at all. Especially with cockatiels

Kenji doesn't have a leg band. Rosie had open bands when adopted her, but I had the vet remove them. Apart from identification leg bands tend to do more bad than good.

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It's good to know about alternatives for people who reads the post and are forced by law to have a bracelet. If the bird get's injured or something else by a wrist band it is possible for a vet to operate a id chip into the bird making it a cyborg bird.

My three birds do not have leg bands either. So it's definitely not uncommon.

Some people prefer the bands as a form of IDENTIFICATION if the bird happens to escape.

If you are uncomfortable with your birds being unbanded some avian vets offer to band birds.

My Cockatiel did have the metal band, but my vet removed it. He said it wasn't necessary.

I've cared for a total of 8 cockatiels. None of them had bands. I've had several budgies, and only one or two had bands. The grass parakeets and lovie didn't have bands. Of the three conures I've cared for (and still have two), only one has a band.

Not weird at all.


Lector, yes, parrots can be microchipped! Although many vets may not microchip a bird under 100 grams. It's one thing to insert something the size of a grain of rice into a large macaw, it's another to insert that same piece into a tiny bird.


Fae, open bands are even more dangerous than closed bands. NOT recommended to band adult birds if they don't already have a band.

Hey I was just going by what I learned on here lol. Good to know though.

None of my cockatiels have bands.

I'm not a fan of leg bands! Most of my birds don't have a leg band and I prefer to keep it that way....

no, thats just fine